The kanji 竹: meaning, readings and stroke order

竹

Meaning: bamboo
On reading: チク chiku
Kun reading: たけ take
Strokes: 6
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cây tre (trúc)
Japanese: たけ。
Korean: 대나무 (죽)
Chinese: 竹子

Readings, words and example sentences

チク chiku · on reading

竹ちく林りん
bamboo forest
竹ちく林りんの中をあるきます。
I walk through the bamboo forest.

たけ take · kun reading

竹たけ
bamboo
竹たけでかごをつくります。
People make baskets out of bamboo.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.